1959 Australian Tourist Trophy

The 1959 Australian Tourist Trophy was a motor race for sports cars staged at the Lowood circuit in Queensland, Australia on 14 June 1959.[1] It was the third in a sequence of annual Australian Tourist Trophy races, each of these being recognised by the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport as the Australian Championship for sports cars.[2]

Layout of the Lowood Airfield Circuit (1946-1966)

The race was won by Ron Phillips driving a Cooper T38 Jaguar.[3]

Results
A Cooper T38 Jaguar, similar to winning car
Position[1] Driver[1] No.[4] Car[1] Entrant[4] Class pos.[5] Class[5] Time / laps[6]
1 Ron Phillips 42 Cooper T38 Jaguar[3] JK & RK Phillips 1 Over 3000 cc 73:28[1]
2 Bill Pitt 1 Jaguar D-Type Mrs DI Anderson 73:49[1]
3 Bob Jane 56 Maserati 300S R Jane 1 2001 to 3000 cc 35
4 John Ampt[7] 58 Decca Special MK II[7] JE Ampt 1 1101 to 1500 cc 34
5 Allan Jack 45 Cooper Type 39 Coventry Climax[7] Brifield Motors 2 1101 to 1500 cc[8] 34
6 Les Agnew[7][9] 10 Lotus Mk 11 Series II Le Mans Coventry Climax[7] Rockhampton Car Sales 1 Up to 1100cc 34
7 T Basile 31 Porsche Carrera S Sakzewski
8 Tom Ross 18 Triumph TR2 TW Ross 1 1501 to 2000 cc
9 B Coventry 28 MGA B Coventry
10 E Laker 101 Triumph TR3 EF Laker
11 J Ausina   MGA J Ausina[1]
12 P Samuels 63 Berkeley P Samuels
 ? John Cleary[7] 36 Austin-Healey 100S J Cleary
DNF Chas Whatmore 4 Lotus Mk 11 Series II Le Mans Coventry Climax[7] Chas Whatmore's Sports & Electrical Centre 16
DNF[6] Frank Matich 87 Jaguar C-Type Leaton Motors (Sports Cars) Pty Ltd 13
DNF[6] David Finch 92 Jaguar D-Type DN Finch 13
DNF J Bonenti 6 MG TF 1500 JA Bonenti  ? [10]
DNF I Adams 57 Morris Minor 1000    ? [11]

Notes

References
  1. 1959 Australian Tourist Trophy and Lowood Trophy Race, Australian Motor Sports, July 1959, pages 272, 273, 295 & 296
  2. National Titles, 1961 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, page 53
  3. Mark Bisset, Home & Away: A Cooper-Jaguar's racing adventures, Motor Sport, April 2022, pages 137 to 143
  4. Official Programme, 1959 Australian Tourist Trophy, Lowood, Queensland
  5. 20,000 saw cars races at Lowood, The Courier Mail, Monday, 15 June 1959, page 10
  6. Keith Thallon, Phillips - TT Champ '59, Sports Car World, August 1959, page 49
  7. John B Blanden, Historic Racing Cars in Australia, 1979
  8. The Australian Tourist Trophy 1959-60, Automobiles Australia (Incorporating Australian Motor Sports Review 1959-1960), pages 114-115
  9. The race report in the Courier Mail lists G Jamieson as the driver of the class winning, Rockhampton Car Sales entered Lotus
  10. The report published in Australian Motor Sports implies that Bonetti retired prior to Matich and Finch
  11. The report published in Australian Motor Sports implies that Adams retired prior to Matich and Finch
  12. Phillips Takes T.T., Modern Motor, August 1959, page 71
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